wlaidlaw Posted June 10, 2013 Share #5001 Posted June 10, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Stuart, Yes I know this car - I will leave it to others. Surgery went well thank you but in a plaster cast/vacuum boot for the next 6 weeks. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 10, 2013 Posted June 10, 2013 Hi wlaidlaw, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
steed Posted June 10, 2013 Share #5002 Posted June 10, 2013 aston martin DBR1? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted June 10, 2013 Share #5003 Posted June 10, 2013 AC Bristol dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 10, 2013 Share #5004 Posted June 10, 2013 Dunk - Right country, wrong car. John - correct, and your turn. here are some images of that beauty. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2344519'>More sharing options...
steed Posted June 11, 2013 Share #5005 Posted June 11, 2013 Good to be back, and apologies for my absence (abandonment). Here is a challenge, but I suspect that it will be met by this erudite population without too much difficulty. I was given the transparency and told that the photographer was a Leica user, so let's deem the eligibility requirements met for the sake of a great puzzler. Regards John W. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2345762'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 12, 2013 Share #5006 Posted June 12, 2013 No comments? Let's start with it being a enclosed wheel racing car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steed Posted June 12, 2013 Share #5007 Posted June 12, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Open wheel. We are underway.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 12, 2013 Share #5008 Posted June 12, 2013 With an air intake like that next to the radiator, it must be front engined. It looks like a slightly crude afterthought. I wondered about an Indy Roadster of some variety. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steed Posted June 12, 2013 Share #5009 Posted June 12, 2013 Rear engined. Further clue: only raced twice with those vents. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steed Posted June 14, 2013 Share #5010 Posted June 14, 2013 I don't want to be presumptuous. Just ask and I'll drop another clue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 14, 2013 Share #5011 Posted June 14, 2013 I don't want to be presumptuous. Just ask and I'll drop another clue. Perhaps a slightly wider crop? Open wheel racing cars are quite difficult to identify as they tend to look quite similar in the same era. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steed Posted June 14, 2013 Share #5012 Posted June 14, 2013 Once the crop is widened, the challenge will be over. Instead, I will offer another clue. The world championship was won using this model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 14, 2013 Share #5013 Posted June 14, 2013 T53 Cooper at a wild guess Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steed Posted June 14, 2013 Share #5014 Posted June 14, 2013 Sorry, incorrect. Different national origin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steed Posted June 15, 2013 Share #5015 Posted June 15, 2013 another clue: post 1961, pre 1966 A recap of clues to date: Driven by world champ only raced twice in color scheme not british post 61, pre 66. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 15, 2013 Share #5016 Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) As far as I can recall, the only non-British cars to race in this era, were Ferrari, Porsche, ATS (and its not those as they are all silver or red) and Honda. The colour is right for Honda but it does not look much like an RA271 or 272. Also the only world championship driver to drive for them was John Surtees but not until 1967 in the 3 litre era. There were a number of projects for cars from other countries: Drebbel from Holland and Maserati and De Tomaso from Italy but they either came to nought or never qualified. There were a few other total no-hopers, made in back street garages, using everything from an old Maserati 4CLT/150S engine to a modified Ford Cortina engine but I am pretty sure they were never driven by a world champion. Wilson PS A friend of mine, Marshal Bailey, still races one of these "no-hopers", the JBW-Maserati, which looks like the back of one car welded onto the front of quite another, with spoked wheels at the front and disc at the back. Edited June 15, 2013 by wlaidlaw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steed Posted June 16, 2013 Share #5017 Posted June 16, 2013 1964. special circumstances caused unusual color scheme for last two races of the year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 16, 2013 Share #5018 Posted June 16, 2013 In that case it has to be a Ferrari 158 when it was entered in NART colours, as driven by John Surtees. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted June 16, 2013 Share #5019 Posted June 16, 2013 (edited) I have a suspicion that this isn't Surtees's race car, possibly Bandini at the US GP, or Bandini or Rodriguez in Mexico. Update, it seems to be Bandini's #8 car in Mexico which was the flat 12 version of the 158 as identified by Wilson. Steve Edited June 16, 2013 by 250swb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 16, 2013 Share #5020 Posted June 16, 2013 Steve, If that is the case, then that would technically make the car a 1512 rather than a 158. I think it was a type 207 V12 not a flat 12 (as used in the 312 cars, both F1 and GTP at a later date, although they are actually different and non-interchangeable flat 12 engines). I still would like to know what that horrible bodged air intake was for (obviously nobody at Ferrari had heard of NACA ducts). Was it to cool Lorenzo's feet? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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